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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk@allspecies.org>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] living small but smart article
  • Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:08:21 -0500

Dan

Your words seem wise. We have become disconnected from just about everything including ourselves. Marshall McLuhan said, "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." The disconnection is subtle and threatens life on this planet. It is not about money nor is it about abstraction. Life is about being here, present.

Marty Kraft
On Sep 24, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Dan Conine wrote:

I think the faulty premise is that agriculture is something to make
money. Most people will say "money is just a tool", and it is. It is a
tool that allows people to disconnect from the commons by remote
control. If the article would have said "there is increase to be made in
agriculture", then perhaps we could begin to think in terms of future
benefits not only to the farmer, but to the land itself. If we always
think in terms of extracting wealth from the land, we will never be
sustainable as a species.

Just food for thought.





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